I just recently got into a save where I take over a unerachieving club in march. Man City were 11th and I managed to get them to finish 6th, so no champions league football for just one season. I play a very odd Tactic thats very defensively sound 433 with 3 DM type players and the Strikers have to be fast.

just an update.... my first season i finished 2nd in the league, but won the champions league, league cup, super cup, club world cup and came first in every u18 competition (i invested in youth)

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2nd season all my signings from the year before (including Aguero) have settled into my team nicely, i decided to change up my formation to. I dominated the league, won the champions league again, super cup, runner up in FA cup, community shield, and only won the u18s league this year

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Aguero was in TOP form, he really is a beast! look at those assists+goals.....

Just started to run along with my Madrid and Napoli saves.Would've rather gone with someone like Everton or Spurs but I want to manage Silva, Aguero and Nasri.

Basically got no money offers for the players I wanted to sell but there were alot of loan interests.

So I decided to go for some swaps.

Savic + 10M - Hummels

Lescott + 6.5M - Rondon

Zabaleta + Barry + Kolarov - Sakho

Tevez - Thiago Silva

All are into contract negotiations atm.The Tevez deal is just awaiting a WP for Silva.The rest, I believe the odds aren't in my favor, I hope they can agree with a smaller contract if needed and I'll pay the rest.Don't know how it'll turn out as yet but once I do I'll update.

Struggling to enjoy FM this year. Probably will go for a City game and play a 4-5-1.

Tevez has just told me he wants to be removed from the transfer list and stay at the club

Probably will sell Balotelli at the end of the season. Doesn't look too bad but I just can't see him fitting into my squad with the mentality he has.

Tell me about it. In my first season with City, ten games in he tells me he's unhappy that he's not starting enough matches and wants to be transfer listed, despite him starting him every game for me. *bleep*ing retard

I am looking to have an English core, and only bring a foreign player in at about the 1 in 8 ratio.

I play the following formation and lineup (bear in mind that Yaya is out for 8 months with damaged cruciates, otherwise he would start);

Hart

Richards - Kompany - Onuhoa - Clichy

De Jong

Milner

Silva - Nasri

Dzeko - Aguero

De Jong is set to "Anchor Man > Defend"

Milner is a box to box midfielder, set to support.

Silva and Nasri occupy the right and left AMC positions, with Silva set to "Attacking Midfielder > Support" and Nasri to "Trequartista > Attack".

Dzeko is set to "Target Man > Attack" while Kun is set to "Poacher > Attack".

Walker and Robinson rotate with my first choice full backs, as does Rodwell and Hargreaves with Milner and De Jong respectively. Balotelli and Agbonlahor rotate up front and I have an alternate formation that pushes the two AMC positions out to the wing to accomodate Adam Johnson's skills against slower defences who are vulnerable to pace and crosses into the box.

I can't abide Tevez and he is rotting in the reserves, Lescott is woeful in real life and Mancini urgently needs to get a replacement, I just chose to sell him, but the deal fell through, so he too is in the reserves. Barry went to Sunderland for 1 million and Zabaleta to Aston Villa for 7.5 million.

I won the community shield and qualified 1st in my Champions League group which coincidentally included FC Bayern and Villareal.

I hope to sign Jack Wilshere or Ross Barkley in the summer and I will let Hargreaves go.

Just about to finish January and I have had to sign some reinforcements. Mario Balotelli and David Silva are both injured for more than a month, leaving me a wee bit short in the attacking department if I want to put up a realistic challenge for the FA Cup, League Cup, Premier League and UCL. I didn't want to spend big money to bring in a player then have to move someone on when my key players are fit again, so I went shopping for bargains. I actually secured the signing of Diego Milito on loan for the remainder of the season. In his first game up front he didn't score, but provided all 3 assists for Aguero's hatrick. A combination is already beginning to form. To replace Silva I went for Thiago Alcantara on loan also. He plays in the exact same role as Silva, and for 1million pounds for a 6 month loan, was a perfect option to cover.

Yaya wont be back this season, and I am attempting a little side project, the Rodwell to Gerrard project. Jack is being retrained as an AMC and I am beefing up his technicals through training to somewhat match those of the Liverpool legend. Will let you know how it goes.

Arsenal wanted an insane amount for Wilshere, so I will bide my time before attempting to sign him again.